AIDS Clinical Rounds

AIDS Clinical Rounds is held every Friday at 8:00 a.m. in the First Floor Conference Room of the AVRC. The presentations are free, do not require an RSVP and are open to HIV care providers from UC San Diego and the community. CME credits may be available for medical practitioners.

View our Events Calendar for an updated list of AIDS Clinical Rounds.

Previous Presentations

The AVRC posts AIDS Clinical Rounds presentations online for those who missed an AIDS Clinical Rounds Presentation or would like to revisit a presentation they heard. To review a past presentation, click on the presentation title below:

April 26
CROI Update: What's New with HIV Associated Immune Activation
Maile A. Karris, MD
Assistant Professor
UC San Diego AntiViral Research Center

April 19
End of Life Care: Discussions and Medical Decision Making
Christie H. Izutsu, MD                                  
Resident Physician, Department of Internal Medicine             
UC San Diego

April 12
The Great Imitator in 2013 – Syphilis and HIV Infection
Charles Hicks, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Interdisciplinary Research Training Program in AIDS
Duke University Medical Center

April 5
Update on Malignancies in HIV
Erin G. Reid, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine (Hematology)
UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center

March 1
Medicinal Cannabis
Igor Grant, MD
Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry
Director, UC San Diego HIV Neurobehavioral Research Program

February 22
Genetic Differences in Vulnerability to Methamphetamine-related Brain Dysfunction: Implications for HIV
Mariana Cherner, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Interdisciplinary Research Fellowship in NeuroAIDS
UC San Diego HIV Neurobehavioral Research Program

February 8
Hypothermia in an HIV-infected Patient
J. Tyler Longeran, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
UC San Diego Owen Clinic

February 1
Impact of HCV on the Brain
Scott L. Letendre, MD
Associate Professor
UC San Diego AntiViral Research Center

January 18
HIV Infection: When to Start ART – Revisited…Again
Susan J. Little, MD
Professor of Medicine
UC San Diego AntiViral Research Center

January 11
Promises and Challenges of Next Generation Sequencing for HIV and HCV
Sergei L. Kosakovsky Pond, PhD
Associate Professor
Division of Biomedical Informatics
UC San Diego AntiViral Research Center

January 4, 2013
Renal Disease in HIV/AIDS
Theodoros Katsivas, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
UC San Diego Owen Clinic

Shira Abeles, M.D.
ID Fellow, UC San Diego Owen Clinic

Robyn Cunard, M.D., FRCP
Assistant Professor, Nephrology, UC San Diego

December 14
Update and Guidance on PrEP for Clinicians
Sheldon Morris, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
UC San Diego AntiViral Research Center

December 7
What Happens to HIV+ Inmates in the SD County Jail System, Stays in the SD County Jail System: Challenges and Opportunities
Daniel Lee, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
UC San Diego Owen Clinic

November 16
Cryptococcal Meningitis with Cranial Nerve Neuropathies: Predictors of Outcome and Review of ART Initiation
Jill Blumenthal, MD
HIV Research Fellow
UC San Diego AntiViral Research Center

November 9
When to Consider Neurosurgical Interventions for the Management of Complicated Cryptococcal Meningitis
Edward R. Cachay, MD, MAS
Associate Director for Research, UC San Diego Owen Clinic
Director, Owen Hepatitis Co-infection Clinic
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine

November 2
Updates in Antiretroviral Pharmacology & Dosing during Pregnancy
Brookie M. Best, Pharm. D, MAS
Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy & Pediatrics, UC San Diego

October 26
Update on Individualized Texting for Adherence Building (iTAB): Lessons for Implementation
David J. Moore, PhD
Assistant Professor UC San Diego Department of Psychiatry

September 21
Acute HCV Infection in HIV+ MSM: Sexual Transmission of a Non-Sexually Transmitted Disease?
David L. Wyles, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, UC San Diego Department of Medicine

September 14
Addressing the Spiritual and Emotional Needs of HIV Patients
Steven Oppenheim, MD, FAAHPM
Chief Medical Director San Diego Hospice & The Institute for Palliative Medicine

Joseph Caperna, MD, MPH
Clinical Professor of Medicine, UC San Diego Owen Clinic

August 31
Toxoplasmosis, Malaria, and HIV: Impact of Latent Co-infection on HIV Disease
Ajay R. Bharti, MD
Assistant Adjunct Professor, UC San Diego

August 17
Recovering Information from Suppressed Plasma and CSF HIV Viral Load Using Multiple Imputation
Florin Vaida, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, UC San Diego

August 10
An Unusual Case of Pneumonia
Jennifer N. Blanchard, MD
Associate Professor, UC San Diego Owen Clinic

August 3, 2012
Open Source Software Solutions for Clinical Research: Applications for HIV Research
Jason A. Young, PhD
Assistant Professor, UC San Diego AntiViral Research Center